"But the fact is there's a large dining public who want to know if their trip to that new hyped restaurant is going to be as awesome for them as it is for their carnivore compatriots, or if their options are going to be a salad and some half-assed pasta dish they could have made at home." The Undercover Vegetarian: Ink.

"The name is sort of an Anglican inside joke, implying that a conniving Welshman might try to swindle by insisting your savory cheese is actually made with rabbit (the British had an odd habit of deliberately misnaming their foods; "Bombay duck" is really fish; "mock turtle soup" is made from calf's head)." The Pikey: Hollywood's Riff on the London Blues.

"Legend has it that Napoleon's troops referred to it as 'the Champagne of the North,' while more contemporary imbibers have described it favorably as the 'lemonade of beers.'" Drink This Now: Strand Brewing's Ito-Weisse.